Maryknoll, N.Y. — Maryknoll Sister Cecile Therese Burton, who served as an educator and social worker in Hawaii for more than 40 years, died Feb. 17 after a long illness at Maryknoll Sisters Home Care, N.Y. She was 91.
Obituary: Deacon Sidney J. Townsley | 1924-2016
Sidney Joseph Townsley, who once said his “main joy” as a deacon was bringing people into the Catholic faith through the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, died in Honolulu on Jan. 26 at the age of 91. He was a deacon for 29 years.
Obituary: Deacon Luciano ‘Shiano’ Pius | 1949-2016
Chuukese Deacon Luciano “Shiano” Pius, one of a group of Micronesian permanent deacons welcomed by Bishop Larry Silva over the past decade to serve in Hawaii, died on Jan. 14 at Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu. He was 67 and a deacon for 13 years.
Obituary: Sister Julie Louise Thevenin, SS.CC. | 1918-2016
Educator and artist Sister Julie Louise Thevenin of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary died peacefully in her sleep Jan. 26 at Malia O Ka Malu convent in Kaimuki. She was 97 and a religious sister for 76 years.
Obituary: Sister Noreen (Catherine) Cain, SND | 1925- 2015
Sister Noreen (Catherine) Cain, a Sister of Notre Dame de Namur for 63 years, who taught at Holy Family School in Honolulu for five years, died at Mercy Retirement and Care Center in Oakland on Dec. 14. She was 90.
DEACON JULIO M. AKAPITO | 1945-2015: Former congressman, lawyer, educator served fellow Micronesians
Deacon Julio Muritok Akapito, who came to Hawaii 11 years ago from Chuuk in the Federated States of Micronesia with a broad range of achievements in politics, law, education, sports and religion, and who, for the past seven years served immigrant Micronesian Catholics as a deacon at two parishes on the Big Island’s east side, […]
Sister Rose Miriam Schillinger, CSJ | 1927-2015: Lifelong educator served Oahu schools for 40 years
Sister Rose Miriam Schillinger, a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet for the past 70 years who served four decades in Catholic Schools on Oahu, died July 2 at St. Joseph’s Provincial House in Latham, N.Y. She was 88. Sister Rose Miriam was a dedicated educator: a kind, effective teacher and an affirming, respected principal. […]
Father William F. Breault, SJ | 1926-2015: Frequent isle visitor was an artist, author
Jesuit Father William F. Breault, an artist, author, archivist and teacher who spent many summers during the 1960s and 1970s assisting at St. John Vianney Parish in Kailua, died June 29, at Sacred Heart Jesuit Center, Los Gatos. He was 88. According to vicar general Father Gary Secor, Father Breault came to Hawaii in the […]
DEACON ANDREW GERAKAS | 1928-2015: A life of generous service, shaped by love of the Eucharist
Deacon Andrew Jude Gerakas, whose devotion to daily Eucharist compelled him to leave the Greek Orthodox Church to become a Roman Catholic, and then one of Hawaii’s first permanent deacons, died on May 18 in Honolulu. He was 87 and a deacon at Star of the Sea Parish in Waialae-Kahala for 34 years. Gerakas served […]
Obituary | Sister M. Olivia Gibson, OSF: 1924-2015
Franciscan was a teacher, speech pathologist, Hollywood inspiration Sister M. Olivia Gibson, a Sister of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities for 71 years, peacefully embraced Sister Death at St. Francis Convent in Honolulu on March 19, the solemnity of St. Joseph, patron of a happy death. She was 90. A devoted teacher who specialized […]
